Garbage can holder



J y 1970 R. J. KENNEDY ET AL 3,520,419

GARBAGE CAN HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 25. 1968 Fig Robert J. Kennedy Rose M. Kennedy INVENTORS BY WWW -May,

y 1970 R. J. KENNEDY ET AL 3,520,419

GARBAGE CAN HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 25, 1968 Robert J. Kennedy Rose M. Kennedy INVENTORS United States Patent US. Cl. 21184 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A portable ready-to-use stand embodies a frame which provides a practical base atop which a garbage can is removably seated. This base frame can be stationed wherever desired atop the ground after which it is held in its given position by accessible ground-penetrating stakes. These stakes coact with sleeve-type socket members welded in the corner portions of the base frame. One corner of the base is equipped with an oblique angled suitably offset upright. An arm has one end clamped to the handle on the cans lid. The other end is hingedly linked to the upper bent end of the upright. Hence, the lid cannot he accidentally or otherwise displaced.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in an outdoors type stand on which a conventional type garbage or trash can is adaptably and accessibly racked in a manner to prevent it from being blown over by heavy winds or tipped over by animals, dogs for example.

As will be hereinafter more fully appreciated, it is a broad object to so construct the holder that the component parts each contributes a proportionate share to the over-all ready-to-use stand and wherein the stand lends itself to use with currently marketed outdoors trash and garbage cans without requiring alterations in the can or its covering lid. Then, too, provision is made so that the lid stays attached to the stand and cannot get lost or mishandled and bent out of shape as is commonly the case.

Briefly, the stand comprises a base frame, holddown means, an upright, an arm hinged to the upper end of the upright, and means operatively joining a free end of the arm to the handgrip on the usual lid atop the can. The frame is triangular in plan and is fashioned from noncorrodible steel or equivalent tubing. The upright comprises a length of tubing as does the lid lifting and lowering arm. To the ends desired sleeve-type adapters are Welded in the respective apical corners of the frame and serve as socket members for reception and retention of the applicable and removable L-shaped anchoring or holddown stakes. A lateral bend at the upper end of the post or upright provides a limit stop for that end of the lid handling arm which is hingedly linked thereto. The arm serves to lift and lower the lid and, what is more, props and stores the lid in an up out-of-the-way place when loading and emptying the can.

The structure is unique in that the upright is inclined at an oblique angle and provides the clearance desired when the lid is opened up and out in a stored position. Accordingly, the stored lid does not interfere with 1) loading the can or (2) bodily removing the can for emptying or (3) replacing the empty ready-to-load can.

Then, too, novelty is predicated on the offset upright with the limit stop bend and the paired hitching links which hingedly mount the carrier arm atop the bent end.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in perspective showing a garbage can holder constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention and showing a conventional lidcovered can based and supported thereon.

FIG. 2 is a section taken on the horizontal line 22 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view in section and elevation taken on the plane of the section line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a view on a suitably enlarged scale with parts in section and elevation and taken on the plane of the section line 4-4 of FIG. 2 but with the covered can in place and also with the lid or cover of the can swung to a stored or out-of-the-way position.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the means for fastening or securing an end portion of the lid carrier arm in place.

And FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken approximately on the plane of the vertical section line 66 of FIG. 4, looking in the direction of the indicating arrows.

By way of introduction to the description of the details it may be properly mentioned that the can, which may be either a garbage can or a trash can is of a conventional type and comprises the can proper which is denoted by the numeral 8 and which is of ordinary shape and size and which has the usual flanged lid or cover 10 provided on its crown portion with a customary handle or handgrip 12.

The aforementioned frame is, as already suggested, triangular in plan and as best shown in FIG. 2 it is denoted by the numeral 14 and is preferably made of noncorrodible tubular stock or so-called hollow tubing. Thus formed the frame constitutes a suitable base made up of coplanar frame members 16 having their several apical corners appropriately rounded and formed as denoted at 18. The corner at the right in FIG. 2 forms a double corner in that it serves a dual purpose to be hereinafter clarified. Each corner is provided with holddown means which more specifically comprises, in each instance, an open-ended vertically disposed sleeve which as best shown in FIG. 3 is denoted by the numeral 20 and is nested in the crotch of the corner and welded or otherwise fixed in place as at 22. The bottom of the sleeve as shown in FIG. 3 is denoted at 24 and is substantially flush with the bottom edges 26 of the over-all frame. The corner portions can be slightly flattened as denoted at the left in FIG. 3. In any event the upper end portion 28 extends to a level above the top of the frame and is provided on an outwardly disposed side with a kerf or notch 30 which constitutes a keeper seat. This construction lends itself to practical use of a readily applicable and removable L- shaped stake which is denoted at 32 and whose long pointed leg 34 is adapted to pass downwardly through the bore of the sleeve and caused to penetrate the ground. The short arm which then projects outwardly as at 36 provides a keeper and it is arranged accessibly in the keeper notch 30. Thus when the frame is placed firmly on the ground the several stakes are put in place to prevent displacement until one desires to intentionally move the frame to another spot.

In order to provide a satisfactory rack or stand it has been found desirable to equip the base with a post or upright which is denoted by the numeral 38 (FIG. 4). The lower end portion 40 is welded or otherwise secured in the corner portion 18 (the one at the right in FIG. 2) in the manner illustrated. The major body portion of the upright inclines upwardly and outwardly from the adjacent side or surface 42 of the can. The height of the upright is substantially commensurate with the height of the lid-covered can. The extreme upper end of the upright is laterally bent toward the can as at 44 to provide a limit stop. It follows that the upright has the desired clearance or spaced relation to the can to achieve the lid lifting, supporting and storing results shown in phantom lines in FIG. 4. To the ends desired a lid carrier arm, a third tube, is provided as at 46 and it is of suitable length to provide the reach suggested in FIG. 4. The rearward or remote end of the arm denoted at 48 is operatively connected to the upper bent end of the upright. This is best accomplished by using assembling and hinging cleats or links 50. A pair of links 50 is provided as shown in FIG. 6 and the links straddle the cooperating portions of the arm and upright. The links are secured to their respective component parts by connecting hinging pins 52 and 54 which are shown passing through the coacting portions and which are held in place by cotter keys 56. By properly pairing the links and hinging them in place the end portion 40 of the arm 46 is suitably hinged to perform the lid lifting, lowering and storing result desired. For satisfactory results the left hand end portion 58 of the arm overlies the handle-equipped portion of the lid where it is secured in place by an assembling clip or clamp 60 held in place by bolt and nut means 62.

With the arrangement of parts and the relative cooperative association shown particularly in FIG. 4 it will be seen that the bottom of the can can be firmly seated on the generally horizontal base or frame 14. The frame itself is secured by the aforementioned anchoring means. The removable lid or cover is maintained in place by the carrier arm means shown and described. When one desires to load the can it is only necessary to lift the lid and push it to the supported out-of-the-way or stored position illustrated in phantom lines in FIG. 4. Then the can can be closed by simply lowering the lid in the opposite direction and fastening it down. By maintaining the lid in this anchored or stored position it will be seen that it will be ever ready for use and will not be damaged as is ordinarily done when the lid is detached and thrown to one side.

It is believed that the invention well serves the purposes for which it has been designed. Accordingly a more extended description is deemed to be unnecessary.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A garbage can holder comprising a stand embodying a frame providing a one piece base triangular in plan and having a planar horizontal bottom side adapted to be unobstructedly seated and supported firmly atop the ground or an equivalent stationary foundation and a planar horizontal unobstructed top side atop which the bottom of a conventional outdoors garbage can is adapted to be positively but removably seated for loading and subsequent removal and emptying, an upright attached at a lower end to and rising vertically above said base, said upright being of a vertical height greater than the height of the can with its customary removable closing lid in its normally closed position, and means operatively joining said lid to said upright in a manner to permit the lid to be opened, moved to, and held in an out-of-the-way but readily accessible position, said base embodying circumferentially spaced apical corners, each corner provided with holddown means, each holddown means em bodying a vertical open-ended sleeve providing a socket member, an an applicable and removable ground penetrating stake cooperably engageable with said socket member.

2. The garbage can holder defined in and according to claim 1, and wherein said sleeve is fitted in and fixedly secured in the crotch of the coacting corner, said sleeve having an upper end portion provided with a keeper notch, and the cooperating stake being L-shaped with the long leg passing axially downwardly through the bore of said sleeve, the short leg being removably and retentively seated in and projecting outwardly through and beyond said notch and providing a manually grippable and conveniently usable finger-piece for said stake, whereby when the stake is forcibly anchored in the ground it anchors the base frame atop the ground.

3. The garbage can holder defined in claim 1, and wherein said upright inclines upwardly and outwardly from said frame in a manner to assume an oblique angled offset upstanding position, the upper end of said upright being laterally bent in the direction of said frame, and wherein the means operatively joining said lid to said arm comprises an arm having a forward end secured to the usual hand-grip atop said lid and a rearward end joined by connecting and hinging links to an upper end of the upright at a level just below the level of the upper laterally bent end of said upright.

4. A garbage can holder comprising a portable stand embodying a triangular frame constituting a base and made of tubular members and adapted to seal itself firmly in a horizontal supporting position atop a suitable yard surafce, the respective apical corner portions of said frame being each provided with a vertical openended sleeve, said sleeve being nested in the crotch of the corner and fixed in place and provided with a keeper notch, an L-shaped anchoring stake for each sleeve, said stake having a long leg which can be shoved downwardly through the bore of the sleeve and anchored in the ground and a short leg which provides a keeper and is seatable in the coacting keeper notch, an upright secured at a lower end to and rising vertically above said base and of a vertical height greater than the height of the can, that is, when the lid of the can is closed atop the can, and means affording an operating connection being said upright and lid.

5. The garbage can holder defined in claim 4, and wherein said upright inclines upwardly and outwardly from said frame in a manner to assume an oblique angled ofiset upstanding position, the upper end of said upright being laterally bent in the direction of said frame, and wherein the means operatively joining said lid to said arm comprises an arm having a forward end secured to the usual hand-grip atop said lid and a rearward end joined by connecting and hinging links to an upper end of the upright at a level just below the level of the upper laterally bent end of said upright.

6. The garbage can holder defined in claim 5, and wherein said upright comprises a single length of tubing, and said arm likewise comprises a single length of tubing.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,947,879 2/1934 Sandberg et al 248147 2,732,155 1/1956 Stanley 248 -147 2,927,755 3/1960 Goforth 248-424 2,968,459 1/1961 Timmons 248146 3,003,728 10/1961 Shaw 24s 154 JAMES A. LEPPINK, Primary Examiner US. 01. X.R. 248147 

